Winders and Slitters – Carbon Fiber
Converting Equipment for Advanced Composites
Carbon Fiber Slitter – Spooler for AFP Machine
This video is of a 29 position slitter spooler delivered to a major Tier 1 aerospace supplier. It converted carbon fiber prepreg unidirectional material from 15″ wide parent rolls to 1/4″ and 1/2″ fibers. The spools were intended to be used on an AFP machine. It included an inspection system that continuously monitored the quality of the slits with regard to dimensional accuracy, FOD, fuzz balls, etc. Defects were tracked in a manufacturing process historian. Production information was available to the MRP/ERP system. Remote monitoring by the manufacturer to facilitate trouble shooting in the field.
Independent Machine Company Wide Web Slitter
IMC 24″ wide canter-levered Slitter zero backbend
IMC repooler for web inspection
IMC SmartWind XL Traverse 48 position spooling
IMC Pancake slitter
IMC Pancake slitter
Independent Machine Company XL Spooler Station
IMC Specialized Advanced Composite Narrow web slitter
Independent Machine Re-Spooler
Independent Machine Company XL Spooler Station
Independent Machine Advanced Composites Slitter
72″ Wide Slitter With Zero Backbend
72″ Wide Slitter With Zero Backbend
24″ Wide Zero Backbend Composites Slitter
24″ Wide Zero Backbend Composites Slitter
IMC wide web pancake slitter
IMC 12-15 inch wide slitter/traverse spooler
IMC 12-15 inch wide slitter/traverse spooler
Independent Machine Company’s innovative Cross Ply Laminator eliminates forever the wasteful and tedious process of making multi-ply unidirectional charges for stringers, floor beams and other multi-laminate structures. It uses conventional 12″ or 24″ wide material and fabricates rolls of multi-ply laminations with variably adjustable cross plies. Systems have been in place for over 30 years.
IMC Cross Ply Laminator
IMC Cross Ply Laminator and Material Delivery System
